Federal Gold Medal Grands

MarkCO · June 4, 2018, 07:01 PM

Federal recently brought out a new paper (red) and plastic (skived white) family of 12g shotshells called Grands.

I have tested them quite a bit on pattern boards, Trap, 3Gun, Sporting Clays and they are legit. Some of the best shells I have shot. The shot column is a bit shorter, the pellet count on the pattern board a little higher and the recoil is a little softer than the other shells (Win AA, Rem STS/N27, Rios, Fiocchi, B&P, etc.) I have used. If you have not tried them yet, get yourself a case (or 5). They have a $2/box rebate, easy to do online, on them.

FITASC · June 4, 2018, 07:14 PM

And what were your patterns and what gun and choke did you use?

JT-AR-MG42 · June 4, 2018, 10:33 PM

Googled the ammo and I'm very pleased to see what looks like a
new production 12C1 (the original, two piece) wad being used.
It was the only wad I loaded in paper (the higher cost was worth it to me) and am hoping the wad will be sold as a component.

JT

MarkCO · June 5, 2018, 10:00 AM

FITASC, I have used 9 different shotguns, most with 3 or 4 chokes in testing this. I found that, for the most part, to get an equivalent pellet count inside the 30" calibration ring on my pattern board, I could drop a choke size and with my Browning, 2 choke sizes.

I have not heard if the new 2 piece wad will be offered as a component, but I hope so too.

June 4, 2018, 07:01 PM	#1
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,307	Federal Gold Medal Grands Federal recently brought out a new paper (red) and plastic (skived white) family of 12g shotshells called Grands. I have tested them quite a bit on pattern boards, Trap, 3Gun, Sporting Clays and they are legit. Some of the best shells I have shot. The shot column is a bit shorter, the pellet count on the pattern board a little higher and the recoil is a little softer than the other shells (Win AA, Rem STS/N27, Rios, Fiocchi, B&P, etc.) I have used. If you have not tried them yet, get yourself a case (or 5). They have a $2/box rebate, easy to do online, on them. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

June 4, 2018, 07:14 PM	#2
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,441	And what were your patterns and what gun and choke did you use? __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

June 4, 2018, 10:33 PM	#3
JT-AR-MG42 Senior Member Join Date: December 27, 2008 Posts: 555	Googled the ammo and I'm very pleased to see what looks like a new production 12C1 (the original, two piece) wad being used. It was the only wad I loaded in paper (the higher cost was worth it to me) and am hoping the wad will be sold as a component. JT __________________ I hunt not to kill, but rather to have not played golf...

June 5, 2018, 10:00 AM	#4
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,307	FITASC, I have used 9 different shotguns, most with 3 or 4 chokes in testing this. I found that, for the most part, to get an equivalent pellet count inside the 30" calibration ring on my pattern board, I could drop a choke size and with my Browning, 2 choke sizes. I have not heard if the new 2 piece wad will be offered as a component, but I hope so too. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us